Dell Inc. PowerEdge M420 ssj_ops@100% = 143,835
Test Sponsor: Dell Inc. SPEC License #: 55 Test Method: Multi Node
Tested By: Dell Inc. Test Location: Round Rock, TX, USA Test Date: Jun 20, 2012
Hardware Availability: May-2012 Software Availability: Dec-2011 Publication: Jul 11, 2012
System Source: Single Supplier System Designation: Server Power Provisioning: Line-powered
Benchmark Results Summary
Target Load Actual Load ssj_ops
Target Actual
Calibration 1     144,747
Calibration 2     145,449
Calibration 3     145,231
ssj_ops@calibrated=145,340
100% 99.0% 145,340 143,835
90% 89.0% 130,806 129,413
80% 79.7% 116,272 115,831
70% 70.2% 101,738 102,078
60% 59.8% 87,204 86,853
50% 50.3% 72,670 73,120
40% 39.7% 58,136 57,666
30% 29.9% 43,602 43,466
20% 20.4% 29,068 29,602
10% 10.0% 14,534 14,575
Active Idle   0 0
Graph of results
System Under Test
Set: 'sut'
Set Identifier: sut
Set Description: M420
# of Identical Nodes: 32
Comment: None
Hardware
Hardware Vendor: Dell Inc.
Model: PowerEdge M420
Form Factor: Blade
CPU Name: Intel Xeon E5-2470 (2.3 GHz)
CPU Characteristics: 8 Core, 2.30 GHz, 20MB L3 Cache
CPU Frequency (MHz): 2300
CPU(s) Enabled: 16 cores, 2 chips, 8 cores/chip
Hardware Threads: 32 (2 / core)
CPU(s) Orderable: 1,2 chips
Primary Cache: 32 KB I + 32 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache: 256 KB I+D on chip per chip
Tertiary Cache: 20 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache: None
Memory Amount (GB): 24
# and size of DIMM: 6 x 4096 MB
Memory Details: 4GB 2Rx8 PC3L-10600R ECC RDIMM, Slots A1-A3, B1-B3 populated
Power Supply Quantity and Rating (W): None
Power Supply Details: Shared
Disk Drive: 1 x 50 GB 1.8" SATA SSD Dell P/N 02KFM
Disk Controller: PERC H310
# and type of Network Interface Cards (NICs) Installed: 1 x Onboard dual-port Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet
NICs Enabled in Firmware / OS / Connected: 2/2/1
Network Speed (Mbit): 1000
Keyboard: None
Mouse: None
Monitor: None
Optical Drives: No
Other Hardware: None
Software
Power Management: Power Saver Mode in OS (See Notes)
Operating System (OS): Windows 2008 Server Enterprise x64 Edition
OS Version: R2 SP1
Filesystem: NTFS
JVM Vendor: Oracle Corporation
JVM Version: Oracle Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM on Windows, version 1.6.0_30
JVM Command-line Options: -server -showversion -Xmx1600m -Xms1600m -Xmn1200m -XX:ParallelGCThreads=2 -XX:SurvivorRatio=60 -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90 -XX:InlineSmallCode=3900 -XX:MaxInlineSize=270 -XX:FreqInlineSize=2500 -XX:AllocatePrefetchDistance=256 -XX:AllocatePrefetchLines=4 -XX:InitialTenuringThreshold=12 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=15 -XX:LoopUnrollLimit=45 -XX:+UseCompressedStrings -XX:+AggressiveOpts -XX:+UseLargePages -XX:+UseParallelOldGC
JVM Affinity: start /affinity [F, F0, F00, F000, F0000, F00000, F000000, F0000000]
JVM Instances: 8
JVM Initial Heap (MB): 1600
JVM Maximum Heap (MB): 1600
JVM Address Bits: 64
Boot Firmware Version: 1.0.0
Management Firmware Version: iDRAC7 1.10 Build 20
Workload Version: SSJ 1.2.9
Director Location: Controller
Other Software: None
Boot Firmware Settings
  • Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch disabled.
  • Hardware Prefetcher Disabled.
  • DCU Streamer Prefetcher disabled.
  • User Accessible USB Ports set to Disabled.
  • CPU Power management set to System DBPM (DAPC).
  • Memory Speed set to 1067MHz.
  • Turbo Boost Disabled.
  • C1E Enabled.
  • C States enabled
  • QPI speed set to 6.4 GT/s.
  • Memory Patrol Scrub disabled.
  • Memory refresh rate set to 1x.
  • Memory Operating Voltage set to Auto.
    • Management Firmware Settings
    none
    System Under Test Notes
  • Each JVM instance was affinitized to four logical processors.
  • Using the local security settings console, "lock pages in memory" was enabled for the user running the benchmark.
  • Run was started remotely via psexec script.
  • Windows Power Saver Settings:
  • Turn off Hard Disk after 1 Minute.
  • Turn off Display after 1 Minute.
  • SPECpower_ssj.props input.load_level.number_warehouses set to 32 due to a known inconsistency in processor reporting with this Java version.
    • Notes
    None
    Performance Details
    Target Load Actual Load Transaction Type Count Total Heap (MB)
    Calibration 1 New Order 10,532,753 1,589
    Payment 10,532,752
    Order Status 1,053,277
    Delivery 1,053,277
    Stock Level 1,053,275
    Customer Report 10,532,751
    Calibration 2 New Order 10,580,998 1,588
    Payment 10,581,004
    Order Status 1,058,100
    Delivery 1,058,100
    Stock Level 1,058,099
    Customer Report 10,581,003
    Calibration 3 New Order 10,564,492 1,589
    Payment 10,564,494
    Order Status 1,056,449
    Delivery 1,056,449
    Stock Level 1,056,448
    Customer Report 10,564,490
    100% 99.0% New Order 10,467,677 1,589
    Payment 10,467,674
    Order Status 1,046,770
    Delivery 1,046,767
    Stock Level 1,046,768
    Customer Report 10,467,685
    90% 89.0% New Order 9,412,431 1,589
    Payment 9,412,431
    Order Status 941,244
    Delivery 941,242
    Stock Level 941,242
    Customer Report 9,412,434
    80% 79.7% New Order 8,427,291 1,589
    Payment 8,427,299
    Order Status 842,730
    Delivery 842,729
    Stock Level 842,730
    Customer Report 8,427,293
    70% 70.2% New Order 7,424,687 1,589
    Payment 7,424,696
    Order Status 742,468
    Delivery 742,470
    Stock Level 742,470
    Customer Report 7,424,688
    60% 59.8% New Order 6,316,636 1,589
    Payment 6,316,636
    Order Status 631,664
    Delivery 631,663
    Stock Level 631,663
    Customer Report 6,316,631
    50% 50.3% New Order 5,319,620 1,588
    Payment 5,319,617
    Order Status 531,963
    Delivery 531,963
    Stock Level 531,963
    Customer Report 5,319,613
    40% 39.7% New Order 4,193,906 1,589
    Payment 4,193,903
    Order Status 419,390
    Delivery 419,390
    Stock Level 419,390
    Customer Report 4,193,901
    30% 29.9% New Order 3,161,207 1,589
    Payment 3,161,208
    Order Status 316,123
    Delivery 316,122
    Stock Level 316,121
    Customer Report 3,161,211
    20% 20.4% New Order 2,152,864 1,589
    Payment 2,152,866
    Order Status 215,285
    Delivery 215,287
    Stock Level 215,286
    Customer Report 2,152,861
    10% 10.0% New Order 1,060,002 1,589
    Payment 1,059,998
    Order Status 105,999
    Delivery 106,001
    Stock Level 106,000
    Customer Report 1,060,000
    Active Idle New Order 0 1,589
    Payment 0
    Order Status 0
    Delivery 0
    Stock Level 0
    Customer Report 0